Bible Text: Matthew 6:24-34 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2023 | The Christian cares more than anyone in the world, and yet the Christian is the most carefree of all people in the world. Our Lord tells us to cast our cares on Him, because He cares
Bible Text: Luke 17:11-19 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2023 | The lepers aren’t healed yet when they make their way to the priests. It’s on the way that they are cleansed. But when they start out, they are as leprous as they were before. They believe
Bible Text: Luke 10:23-37 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2023 | What shall I do to inherit eternal life is a nonsense question. I used to want to blame Jesus for not pointing this out. It seems unfair. Even dishonest to the lawyer. The lawyer asks a
Bible Text: Mark 7:31-37 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard | Series: Trinity 2023 | Jesus healed many people during the few years between His baptism in the Jordan and His ascension into heaven. There are multiple times in the records of the Gospel when large crowds came to Jesus, by
Bible Text: Luke 18:9-14 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard | Series: Trinity 2023 | Let’s be clear about what the problem is in today’s reading. When we hear the word “Pharisee” we think “bad,” and there’s reason enough for thinking it, especially in today’s reading. But let’s take his words
Bible Text: Luke 19:41-48 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2023 | Probably the most common accusation against Christians is hypocrisy. “I don’t want to go to that church because it’s full of hypocrites.” The response could be, “Yes, and there’s always room for one more,” which would
Bible Text: Luke 16:1-13 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2023 | The Holy Spirit gives us a lot to think about in this short parable. The overall theme is very obvious – if men work so hard and exert such energy to reach an earthly goal, then
Bible Text: Matthew 7:15-23 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard | Series: Trinity 2023 | People desire to be at peace. This is universal to man. No one loves strife, no one loves a guilty conscience, no one loves unrest. Occasionally you’ll meet someone who delights in destruction and seems to
Bible Text: Mark 8:1-9 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2023 | When you look at Jesus feeding the four thousand you are looking at the only God there is. You see he’s with people, pays attention to them, cares for them. That’s God. There is no god
Bible Text: Matthew 5:17-26 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2023 | Unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Your righteousness is your goodness. Have you been good enough to enter heaven? Good enough
